In the first debate, a question was posed about how the candidates might heal the racial divide. Donald Trump’s answer, strangely enough, was “law and order,” including “stop and frisk.” These are phrases not commonly used in the same sentence as “racial healing.” Later in the debate, Mr. Trump…

NRG Stadium, home of the Houston Texans, will host this year’s Super Bowl for the second time in the team’s history. Team president Jamey Rootes and I chatted about the business of the Super Bowl and what the event means for the city of Houston, during the latest episode of Forbes SportsMoney.

The Practical Employer Why the DOL’s Paid Sick Leave Rules Matter for All Employers It's time to get ahead of the curve on the issue of paid sick leave. It presents an amazing recruitment and retention tool for U.S. employers. October 3, 2016 by

To kick off Customer Service Week 2016 (which starts Monday), let me pose a question that may sound like a no-brainer: Does practice make perfect in customer service? The answer, surprisingly, is “not precisely, and not always.” Certainly, in regard to the technical skills involved in providing…

This article was originally published on Sept. 30. It has been updated to reflect closing information for the last day of the third quarter. Despite a lengthy list of challenges — a drop in earnings at U.S. companies, high valuations for stocks, concern about rising interest rates — the benchmark…

The Mercedes Formula One team has revealed that its revenue last year accelerated 38.5% on 2014 to hit $316.1 million, its highest since the German auto manufacturer bought the outfit from former boss Ross Brawn in 2009. The rise in revenue was fuelled by increased prize money payments from winning…

The burgeoning fourth industrial revolution, featuring big data, robotics, 3D printing, and new ways to combat disease, isn’t likely to have the powerful impact as the three that came before it. The impact of any period of sustained period of innovation on economic activity depends on the degree of…

Brahim Zniber, one of Morocco’s most successful businessmen, has passed away at the age of 96. According to a report by Morocco World News , Zniber died on Thursday in Meknes following a long illness. He was buried the following day in Meknés according to Islamic rights. Zniber, who was born in 1920…

Shutterstock Chip cards have been around for about a year now—or at least, on October 1 last year, retailers were required to start using chip card terminals or take on fraud liability themselves—but consumers still aren’t used to them, a new study has found. About eight out of 10 shoppers are…

SpaceX founder Elon Musk deserves kudos for outlining an ambitious plan to get humans to the Martian surface and beyond. But chutzpah alone will not solve the multitude of research problems that are going to have to be solved before anyone — NASA, ESA, the Chinese, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin or even…

Working Well Workday Rising — My First HR Conference Let's break from my normal beat of wellness and consider two other workplace issues that I encountered at the conference: learning and recruiting. September 30, 2016 by

Just as the demand for single malt Scotch Whisky rises, a new wave of Scottish whisky microdistilleries are producing exciting new single malt whiskies. Following the example of the vibrant American microdistillery industry , these new players are hoping that whisky aficionados will be there for…

A U.S. State Department official told a Senate subcommittee this week the government may probe deeper into nuclear-capable North Korea’s chief source of foreign help. Aid is apparently coming from a country that’s normally careful neither to condemn nor condone North Korean nuclear tests that scare…

Through a joint alliance on artificial intelligence, five tech giants need to take a better look at the guidelines established by one of the most influential writers of modern science fiction to protect us from an apocalyptic future. Fears of what autonomous technologies are capable of is entirely…

Remember back in 2013 when Edward Snowden cracked open one of the biggest secrets of modern times, showing that intelligence services were using programs like “Prism” to collect location data en masse on American citizens? Apple AAPL +0.57% at the time partly exonerating itself from the coterie of…

The Practical Employer Will OSHA’s New Whistleblower Rules Invalidate Your Settlement Agreement? Work with your labor and employment counsel to ensure that your agreements are up to date with the ever changing legal landscape. September 29, 2016 by

Unable to keep up with Apple, Samsung and the like, BlackBerry is making a big strategic mistake: it is giving its advantage away piece by piece to Asian competitors through outsourcing, as old Hewlett Packard did decades ago. Watch on Forbes: Outsourcing has a number of well-known advantages: it…

According to Intel Security’s annual McAfee Most Dangerous Celebrities study, which is now in its tenth year, Amy Schumer is the highest rated celebrity in a list of well-known figures that includes actors, comedians, musicians, TV personalities, athletes and other noteworthy figures. The research…

Apttus raised a new funding round of $88 million at a valuation “significantly north of $1.3 billion,” the last investment planned before an initial public offering, the company’s chief executive told MarketWatch. With this round, the company—a so-called quote-to-cash firm that helps businesses…

Netflix Inc. is pumping a lot of money into its shows and producing some of the most expensive TV series ever made. The streaming giant’s next original program “The Crown”—produced by Sony Pictures’ UK-based production company, Left Bank Pictures—is set to debut Nov. 4 and racked up a reported $130…

Business turnarounds are never for the faint-hearted, but when Ken Levine took on the role of CEO at cybersecurity firm Digital Guardian , or Verdasys as it was known then, in 2014, the company was experiencing flat growth in an industry that was growing by 30%, and needed a monumental shake up.…

Founders should not have to question if their VC has their back (Photo courtesy of Shutterstock) As a VC, I work hard to earn the trust of my entrepreneurs. The moment I wire the money, in my mind, our interests are aligned —we both want them and their company to be wildly successful. Because being…

Few conversations about high-tech go by in Taipei without a reference to Silicon Valley. A Taiwanese startup founder might have just visited the fabled California tech hub or a venture capital firm there is traveling to Taiwan to spread its wealth. You hear about how startups in Silicon Valley,…

The debate last night was entertaining. It’s sad to see how the media manipulates facts and cherry picks quotes to fit their narrative. But that’s what they do and it ultimately shapes views for voters, unfortunately. Today, I want to focus on China and Trump’s comments on China’s currency…

China fumed in July when a world arbitration court said the Communist leadership lacked a legal basis to claim 95% of a resource-rich, strategically valuable sea off its south coast. The international tribunal of the world’s Permanent Court of Arbitration had no jurisdiction to decide sovereignty…

German regulators have banned Facebook FB +0.06% from collecting WhatsApp user data, in a move that could set a precedent in other countries. The national data protection authority said this morning that Facebook had failed to get approval from WhatsApp’s 35 million users in Germany. It’s ordered…

Nutanix, an enterprise cloud company and a tech unicorn, is expected to debut on the public market Friday. The company on Wednesday priced its offering at $16 a share Thursday , above its range of $13 to $15 a share from a previous $11 to $13. The company said it sold close to 15 million shares to…

Editor's Notebook Workplace Issues in the Presidential Debate: Did I Miss It? As a blogger hoping to get some meaty content relevant to the workplace, Clinton and Trump gave us more bologna than porterhouse. September 27, 2016 by

Here’s a scenario that every small business owner fears: A key employee resigns because he or she cannot continue to come to your place of business to work for reasons out of their control, such as an illness or a family issue. Is there another answer besides accepting the resignation? With the…

Walt Disney Co., which reportedly has Twitter Inc. on its radar, knows a good buy when it sees it. The media and entertainment juggernaut would join Salesforce.com Inc. CRM, +5.15% and Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, +0.06% GOOG, +0.04% as companies reported to be interested in acquiring Twitter’s TWTR, -5.12%…